Summary notes
Testator: Mary Holland of Bartholomew Close in the Parish of Bartholomew the Great in the County of Middlesex London [sic] Spinster
Written: 23 May 1735
Proved: 3 Dec 1739 at London by Francis Holland, William Loxley and Mary Wilkes, spinster, three of the executors named in the will.
Beneficiaries:
SQUIRELL, Mary
ANDREWS, Hephzibah
(being the two daughters of Samuel Richardson late of Epping)
COLEMAN, Walter, friend, of Blackfryers, woollen draper - appointed trustee
PARRIS, Thomas, friend, tobacconist in Ive[?] Mary Lane - appointed trustee
SAMM, Nathaniel, friend, of Bartholomew Close in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great - appointed trustee
LEE, Joshua, friend, linen draper in Smithfeild London - appointed trustee
LOXLEY, Francis - nephew, son of sister Jane Loxley and brother of William Loxley
LOXLEY, Oswall - wife of nephew Francis Loxley
HARMAN, Mary - niece
HOLLAND, Francis - nephew, executor
HOLLAND, Francis - son of nephew Francis Holland
HOLLAND, Mary - daughter of nephew Francis Holland
HOLLAND, Rebeccah - daughter of nephew Francis Holland
HOLLAND, Susanna - daughter of nephew Francis Holland
HOLLAND, Richard - nephew, son of brother Richard Holland, executor
BUSHELL, Grace - niece
BUSHELL, unnamed - three children of niece Grace Bushell
LOXLEY, William - nephew, executor, brother of Francis Loxley
LOXLEY, unnamed - five children of nephew William Loxley
HUNIBUN, Ann - niece
PERING[?], Jane - niece
WILKES, Samuel - nephew
WILKES, Mary - niece, executrix
BLACKBORNE, Elizabeth - niece, sister of niece Mary Wilkes and nephew Samuel Wilkes
RICHARDS, Ann - niece, sister of niece Mary Wilkes and nephew Samuel Wilkes
RISDON, Francis - brother
HOLLAND, Ann - cousin, of Wandsworth
SUFFEILD[?], Gerrard - cousin
Other people mentioned:
RICHARDSON, Samuel, late of Epping - father of beneficiaries Mary Squirell and Hephzibah Andrews
TOMLINSON, George - tenant of her copyhold property at Mussell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex.
HOLLAND, Richard - brother - only mentioned as father of nephew Richard Holland.
LOXLEY, Jane - sister - only mentioned as mother of nephew Francis Loxley.
HARMAN, Philip - late husband of niece Mary Harman.
Notes:
Owned copyhold land at Mussell Hill [Muswell Hill?] in manor of Harringay and parish of Hornsey, Middlesex.
Refers to "my friends of the people called Quakers of the Bull and Mouth Meeting in London".
Bequeaths reversion of "that estate at Crapthorne".
Leaves money for building a school house for educating the poor children of "...Crapthorne in Worcestershire where I was born...". Specifies that if the lord of the manor consents she wants it built on the Green there. Nephews Francis Holland, Richard Holland and William Loxley to be trustees of the school alongside churchwardens of the parish.
